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the CPM is no better than the other companies. It simply off sets the speed of the trucks.

 

"The speed of the trucks"

Oh FFS.

 

Let's explore that a little bit - let's say that at TMC, you can run 65mph. That's another 3mph, at full running speed, compared to Prime. Let's say that we can run 10 hours average of driving time a day for 6 days a week (for the sake of discussion, we'll keep it a nice easy number - although we all know real world numbers won't necessarily be so rounded or generous). We'll say each company driver does the exact same number of driving hours in the same conditions- again, so everything's as fair as we can be, on our comparison.

That's 30 miles a day extra, 180 miles a week extra. Prime pays 7cpm more when compared to TMC, according to Poacher.

The math:

• The Prime scenario: 62mph * 10 hours a day = 620 miles per day. With Prime's 45cpm, that's about $279, * 6 days per week = $1674 per week.
  
• The TMC scenario: 65mph * 10 hours a day = 650 miles per day. With TMC's .38cpm, that's about $247 per day, * 6 days per week =$1482 per week.

So, the Prime driver still makes more money, even with the difference in governed speed. In fact, in this scenario, even if we could do 70 mph we wouldn't make up the cpm deficit... 70*10=700 miles per day, 4200 miles a week, $1596...the Prime driver STILL pulls ahead.

You'd need 40cpm & 70 mph (or another combination of sorts) to beat the Prime driver. And let's not forget fuel and other bonuses...

 

Well done!

Hopefully, this ends the asinine whine about slow trucks. But I know it won't.

 

For a day... Maybe two

 

You will not get high miles with TMC unless you choose % pay. If you choose miles you get expensive short runs like noted above so forget averaging that many miles at TMC.

 

My friend took % and couldn't raise a family on it. Now he is driving a concreter truck where I worked making close to 70k.